Author: ELMNT
LONE STAR CONTEST
The Block Party – September 11, 2020
COVID 19 OFFICE ENTRY FORM
Blog 10
Blog 10 It’s August 21, 2020, and I’m watching the Blue Jays game against Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field, where the Jays have trouble scoring runs. Now, they’re going into extra innings. I can hear the “piped in” crowd rising to the occasion, but there’s no one in the stands. It’s Covid-19 baseball. I played […]
New Album “The Ridge” – by Julian Taylor
Today is an important day. It is Juneteenth otherwise known as “Black Independence Day”. I am a black man with indigenous roots and I am an independent artist. It just so happens that today my new album “The Ridge” officially gets released into the world and I am proud of the story it tells. LISTEN […]
WE’RE NOT OK
Protests…Marches…Looting… Burning… Some are trying to make sense of it all! But there’s an African Proverb that says “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth” We’re not okay. And It’s Okay… to not be okay! If you have been impacted by the recent […]
MOT WEB EXCLUSIVE – TKARONTO MUSIC FESTIVAL: ONLINE (MAY 15, 2020)
MOT WEB EXCLUSIVE – TKARONTO MUSIC FESTIVAL: ONLINE (MAY 15, 2020) This year’s unofficial kick-off to summer won’t exactly be business as usual, but for the artists headlining a new Indigenous music festival, the show must go on. The Tkaronto Music Festival, originally planned as an outdoor music festival, has moved online and will be […]
One way street
I’ve always been a believer in people being one of two types: cooks or cleaners. Cooks imagine a recipe, rich in taste. They come up with flavourful ingredients and cook them to perfection for the appreciation of all. Cleaners — do the dishes. I’m a cleaner. Fortunately, I married a cook — a good one. […]